Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-28
ABOUT THE HARVEST.
EXPLANATORY NOTES BY REV. GEO.
P. HAYES, D. D., L.. D.

VS.. 35-3S Mission work-When Christs
people go from house to house and from vii
lage reading the Bible and teaching the
truth, they are only following their Masters
own example.
Verse So says that mankind then were not
different from the present time. Amid all
the various philosophical and ceremonial
schools of RELIGIOUS worship then proposed
many became discouraged and many turned
away without saving faith. II we have been
born into the likeness of the Saviour's spirit,
we too shall feel the same compassion which
he felt.
Workmen needed-The figure used by
Christ in the thirty-sixth verse is changed to
one equally vivid in verses 81 and SO. We
now look upon a field ripening for the har-
vest If we now get discouraged because the
more mission work is done the more there
seems to be to do. we must remember that it
was just so with the Saviour.
That under such circumstances he should
urge his church to prayer is simply falling in
with the ordinary religious experience.
H. hardly lies consistently in the lips Of
those who will not contribute to the support
of these laborers to offer this prayer that
laborers should be sent forth. The truth Of
modern times is that there are far more
young men and women anxious to go forth
than the church is willing to furnish the
means to send. As l write this, there lies be-
fore me an appeal from student of theology,
saying that thirty men will go to the foreign
field if the church will open the way.
V. l. Disciples made apostles-The word
disciple means a "learner," and the word
apostle means zone sent" Christ had hitherto
had many disciples. Out of these, in accord
ance with the petition of the preceding chap
ter, he was now to select certain ones who
should be sent forth, or "cast out" into the
vineyard as his representatives to do his work.
VS.. "a Catalogues of the apostles-There
are four lists of the twelve apostles-Matthew
x, Marx Iii, Luke xvi and Acts i. In each
case the same four apostles are first named,
with Peter first in this list. The same four
in all the lists form the second group, and
Philip is always first in this second four.
-Four others constitute the last group, with
James uniformly the first of this four and
Judas Iscariot last of all. 1t must be clear,
therefore, that whatever importance attaches
to Peters place. like relative importance
must attach to both Philip and James. Judas
is always last, and is omitted in the list
given in the Acts because at that time he was
dead
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Jerusalem. Here the same order is piven in
the form of "ro rather to the lost sheen of
the bouse of Israeli
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sace which these anostles were tn utter md
the manner Of utterinq il are both given
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of its salvation and ali the certainty Of its
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hand. and therefore demanding immediate
and eornest attention This was 70 he accom-
named nv all forms Of temnoral blessing
The nroclamation of the posrel and the relief
of the body were to go hand in hand.
VS. Freely give-The last clause of this
lesson is to be INTERPRETED in connection with
verse 10 of the same CHAPTER. The real point
in the freely give is an exhortation to MIN
listers and pcople to spread the GOSPEL every
where We are ourselves the descendants Of
those converted from heathenism through
missionaries sent out by the early church. We
are ms much bound to support the rospel when
it is part of our spiritual growth MS we are
hound To nav for our own houses and daily
bread We are as much bound to send it to
others as to send food to the starving and
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